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HIMALAYAN BRONZES
Property from the Estate of a Private European Collector
A gilt bronze figure of Yama and Chamundi
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Yama and Chamundi
Tibet, 18th century
Standing together on the back of a buffalo over a prostrate figure on a lotus base, she stepping toward him and offering a skull cup, he in alidhasana with both arms outstretched and fingers pressed together, wearing a garland of severed heads and many beaded chains around his wide girth, his fierce buffalo face with sharp horns set within flaming hair, the jewelry inlaid with hardstones and red pigment in the hair, the baseplate gilt and incised with a double-vajra
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Tibet, 18th century
Standing together on the back of a buffalo over a prostrate figure on a lotus base, she stepping toward him and offering a skull cup, he in alidhasana with both arms outstretched and fingers pressed together, wearing a garland of severed heads and many beaded chains around his wide girth, his fierce buffalo face with sharp horns set within flaming hair, the jewelry inlaid with hardstones and red pigment in the hair, the baseplate gilt and incised with a double-vajra
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's London, South Kensington, 15 April 2004, lot 5
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